"After a month of campaigning for president of Haiti and the first six months after the earthquake helping the country start rebuilding, I sat back and looked around. What I saw and felt in the U.S., my second home country, with all the haters and money craziness in the campaigns, it almost puts the chaos of Haitian politics to shame, you know? It's about making your voice heard. That's what's important, and I know that better than ever, so I want to reach the young people to remind them [of that]."So in other words, he disagrees with David Brooks.
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